Piekutowski’s European Style Sausage

The food safety and sanitation practices are non existent here. The counter person handled cash, the cash register, raw fresh sausage and then ready to eat cold cuts. All without washing her hands between. All the foods are cross contaminated!!! They are selling improperly label jars of horseradish.
To add insult to all that the sausages are bland and tasteless. If the Pope said he liked the food, he must have been preforming a corporal act of mercy.

With my entire family from Poland and no other Polish markets around, I decided to give this place a try (especially since the Unilocal reviews were so good). I was unfortunately extremely disappointed. Apart from a few canned goods and generic frozen pierogis there was nothing else. Unless you consider a few «homemade polish sausages» something. It is also important to note that this so-​called market is in a VERY bad neighborhood.

Great sausages and the best pre-​made pierogi in town. I wish they would bring in the mushroom-​cabbage pierogi too, as we buy the pierogi every month. It’s a hidden gem!

We stopped in today. Everyone there was so nice. They gave us samples to try and cooking suggestions. Great place. Tell them the Pope sent you.

A vegetarian walked into a sausage shop, and…
… bought the best birthday meats for her mother.
My mother loves meat, so for her birthday I bought her some from a renowned sausage shop.
Yes, it’s in what suburban little me knows to be a «bad neighborhood,» with lots of boarded-​up houses and brick-​robbed structures. Yet it’s survived many decades in that location and several years in this economy. Piekutowski’s has an old-​fashioned feel. I’m sure the place has changed very little in decades. It’s like stepping back in time, rather like Crown Candy Kitchen about a mile down the road, except for a few photos of Pope John Paul II visiting in the 1990s.
The woman who helped me select the meat was super nice and very helpful. She probably understood she was helping someone a little out of her league.
It’s impossible for me to review the meats myself. The beer salami, Kra-​Kow sausage, and Polish sausage I bought were a hit with Mom, and I plan to return to Piekutowski’s to satisfy the meateaters in my life.

A family owned Polish sausage shop. Everything there is made from old family recipes that have been handed down. They have the best sausage I have ever had the privilege of consuming. If you love polish style sausage then you must visit Piekutowski’s. It is not in the best of neighborhoods but it is definitely worth the drive. You just can’t find this type of quality at your local supermarket.

I love their polish sausage, it’s the best! But the neighborhood is a little sketchy, also have a small selection of delicious polish candy!

This place is very good! Great food and great staff! First time I have been here and plan to go again!

I am going on 64 years old; I grew up only a five minute walk from Piekutowski’s. We had their ‘krakow’ (as us kids used to pronounce it) just about every week. To this day, my youngest brother and cousins will go to the shop just for Christmas in particular — to have it available for family and friends. Just talking about it brings back all the ‘smell memories’ of going into the shop. I could eat their Jewish Rye bread just as a meal in itself. My entire Mother’s side of the family is Polish; their shop was a wonderful place of memories.

I stopped by Piekutowski’s yesterday. As others have said the neighborhood is a bit dicey but this little meat shop remains. I tried their bratwurst and the krakowska. Now THAT is what I am talking about! The krakowska is wonderful. Is there a word better than wonderful which can be applied to a perfect Polish sausage roll? I will definitely be back for more. There were some cheeses in the meat case, too. But, not my beloved hot horseradish cheese.
Other than there meat case, the rest of the tiny store had a few local products like Fat Pat’s BBQ seasoning and some cookies– the name escapes me at this moment. According to the butcher, Fat Pat was fat – but he is no longer. His wife runs the business.
BTW-​they do take credit cards.

The best of the best!

OMG Piekutowski’s is still around… I remember going there as a child and Benny, the one butcher, would talk to my grandmother & dad in Polish. The lady behind the counter would always give my brother and I a slice of the fresh hard crust bread to eat. I remember when my grandmother would get her Krakow for Easter and would take it the Saturday before Easter to St. Stanislaus and have her Easter food blessed. What wonderful memories.

My family has been coming here for over 50 years. It is a holiday tradition to stop in and buy several krakow sausages a couple of times a year. The store and the service are a glimpse of what life was like decades ago — you walk in and chat up the butcher, get your meat, a soda pop or a loaf of bread, and look forward to your next visit.
The service is always exemplary and there are plenty of well-​priced European meats. All recipes are family owned. Unfortunately the Polish neighborhood of North St Louis is all but gone but Piekutowski’s still holds down the fort. Hey, the pope visited so something is right.

Their Krakowska is off the chain! And their beer salami ain’t bad, either. This is a quaint oasis in the aforementioned bombed-​out part of town. It’s worth a trip just for the smokey deliciousness of the Krakowska. You won’t be disappointed. I wish there was a larger selection and more house-​made offerings, but again… the Krakow, the Krakow…

It’s in a scary neighborhood, but the sausages were fresh and the little old folks inside were inviting.
It’s a cute little polish shop. I wish they had more housemade goods, but the meat definitely doesn’t let me complain about that.
I picked up 20 fresh sausages (Polish & Bratwurst) for about as cheap as I could hope for. Just be willing to let the old folks package it up for you at their own pace.
Oh, also: they don’t accept credit cards, but they do accept debit cards now.

A great place in the grand old fashion of neighborhood delis, bakeries, butcher shops, and such.
Alas, the neighborhood is a bit on the «bombed out» scheme of things.
But inside, all is well. Sorry I couldn’t pick up FRESH sausage, as the room in the car and cooling capabilities wouldn’t allow it.
I did, however, pick up some already prepared Krakowska and some other smoked sausage, along with a white rye bread. And we will be back! (My cousin picked a few pickles, which she shared… also good.)